OregonFlora species comparison

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Erechtites minimus

Erechtites glomeratus

coastal burnweed

Australian burnweed
Habit Plants (5)10–20 dm. Plants (2)10–20 dm.
Leaves

narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–20 × 1–4 cm, often reduced distally;

margins toothed, not pinnately lobed.

lance-linear to lanceolate, 2–15 × 1–4 cm, reduced distally;

margins pinnately lobed;

lobes dentate.
Involucres

cylindric, 4–7 mm.

cylindric, 4–7 mm.
Phyllaries

7–10.

usually 13.
Fruits

1–2.5 mm, usually puberulent between ribs, sometimes glabrous.

1–2 mm, puberulent between ribs.
Heads

40–100+.

20–100+.
Outer florets

10–30.

25–35.
Inner florets

3–5.

8–10.

Erechtites minimus

Erechtites glomeratus
Distribution
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Discussion

Disturbed areas, mainly coastal, sometimes inland. Flowering Jun–Sep. 0–600 m. CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; Australia, Pacific Islands. Exotic.

Disturbed areas, mainly coastal, sometimes inland. Flowering Jun–Oct. 0–500 m. CR, Est, Sisk. CA, WA; Australia, Pacific Islands. Exotic.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 246
Stephen Meyers		 Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 246
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
E. glomeratus
E. minimus
Synonyms Erechtites prenanthoides, Senecio minimus Erechtites arguta, Senecio glomeratus
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